The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history devastated Joplin, Missouri, 15 years ago, causing an estimated $2.8 billion in damage, killing 161 and injuring 1,000.

Photographs from The Star’s archives document the destruction, resilience and hope the community would draw on to rebuild.

Human behavior researchers say catastrophes can bring out kindness in surprising ways. 15 years after Joplin, Mo., came ...

PECULIAR, Mo., May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, May 22, 2026, Operation BBQ Relief® (OBR) will return to the city where its mission began, setting up at Cunningham Park in Joplin, Mo. to ...

On the 15th anniversary of the disaster that killed 158 in Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, The Star is republishing photographs from our archives that document the destruction, resilience and hope ...

While her home was completely destroyed, Amy Jump, her husband and three children all survived the tornado that devastated Joplin. DAVID EULITT/The Kansas City Sta Star file photo On the 15th ...